Lot 28: Jersey.- Don (Sir George, army officer,

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Jersey.- Don (Sir George, army officer, Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, 1756-1832).- Proclamation of defence of Jersey, printed poster, folds, browned, slight stain at tail, framed and glazed, 290 x 180mm., St. Helier, 27th September 1811. ***"Proclamation. It having been intimated that the Strangers who are in the Island, and the Seamen whose ships or vessels are in the Harbours, are desirous to come forward at the present moment and enrol themselves as a Volunteer Corps for the purpose of acting against the common Enemy should he invade this Island... ." - George Don..